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I work in a paper mill. Nothing glamorous, I can tell you! I used to be a paper machine superintendent on a linerboard machine. Linerboard is the flat inside and outside layers of a cardboard box. (The wavy stuff in the middle is called corrugated medium.) Several, several years ago began a trend in the industry to make “high performance” linerboard. That stuff was lighter in weight (used less pulp and steam) yet had the same physical strength properties of linerboard that weighed much more. It was much more difficult to produce and I remember that struggle quite well. We did NOT look forward to those runs! Many years have passed and now they are standard and much easier to produce - but I still have several not-so-fond memories of that earlier stuff!!!
Fast forward many years to now! I’m packaging up fiber orders for England, Wales, etc and am attempting to keep shipping costs down. I suddenly find myself searching out smallish, sturdy boxes that don’t weigh very much(!)
I found myself laughing at this bit of irony yesterday…..
Terry
The goats need to be sheared - but it’s still waaaay tooooo cold here. Each year we lose some fleeces due to mother-nature - but we are responsible goat owners and won’t shear in very cold weather.
I did manage to untangle the electric net fencing yesterday after the mother-of-all-snowstorms pulled it down. The goats were quite happy to browse in the other pasture again.
I also managed to dye up several batts (yeah, I said batts - I have a system). I also carded……and created two new fiber kits….minus the portion I have yet to create. Sound a bit cryptic - well, it is. I’ll let ya all know when I’m done with that project. Please don’t hold your breath. I am one of the lucky ones. I still have a day job = too many hours = no life. Yep, I’m in a whiney sort of mood and probably shouldn’t be posting.
I am feeling very winter-weary and longing for the promise of spring!
I promise the next post won’t be so dreary - eeep!